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Warm-up

Explore the key events and impacts of the period 1450-1750, including the Columbian Exchange, rise of absolute monarchies, and cultural developments.

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Warm-up

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  1. Warm-up 1. Which group suffered the greatest loss of authority as absolute monarchy took hold in the West at the beginning of the 17th century? A. Monarchs B. Merchants C. Aristocrats D. Artisans 2. What was the demographic impact of the Columbian Exchange on the populations of the Old World? A. Population growth across the Old World based on New World crops such as corn and the potato B. Massive depopulation of Western Europe due to migration to the Americas C. Sharp increase in the West African population to furnish individuals for slave trade D. Sharp decrease in male populations as sailors died at sea 3. Which of the following descriptions does NOT belong on a list of elements common to Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal dynasties in the period 1450-1750? A. Were founded by nomadic Turkic peoples B. Were weakened by failed land invasions into Western Europe C. Had difficulty maintaining centralized rule over regions D. Were initially dominated by warrior aristocracies

  2. 1450-1750 Review

  3. Six things to Remember Theme 1: Patterns and effects of interaction • Americas are included in world trade for the first time. Theme 3:Effects of technology, economics, demographics • Improvements in shipping and gunpowder technology continues • Populations are in transition Theme 4: Systems of social structure and gender structure • New social structures emerge based on race and gender Theme 5: Cultural, intellectual, and religious developments • Traditional beliefs are threatened in Europe but reinforced in China Theme 6: Changes in functions and structures of states. • Empires are both land-based and cross oceanic

  4. The Bookends • 1450- Beginning of European Atlantic empires • 1450-Beginning of Global trade • 1492- End of Islam in Europe • 1433- end of Chinese treasure ship expeditions • 1750- beginning of industrialization • 1750-western hemisphere colonization peaks

  5. Details- Going Global • Trade is extended through all parts of the world. • Europe finally gains access to Asian trade routes and attempts to control them through choke points- fail • Europe uses American raw materials- especially silver- to trade with Asia • Columbian Exchange

  6. Details- Technology • Spread of shipping technology to Europe as a result of the crusades and experiments by Henry the Navigator • Improvements in gunpowder technology- muskets and cannons.

  7. Details- Demography • Disease killed millions of native Americans • Africans were forcibly transported to the new world for work in plantation agriculture • Populations grew as new calorie-rich foods were brought from the new world • Populations migrated to harsher climates as food crops became available • Populations migrated from the old world to the new world

  8. Details- Social and Gender structures • Americas- Castas system • Muslim areas (Ottomans, Mughals) Women in the harems wielded considerable power behind the scenes • China- power struggle between the Eunuchs and the Scholar Gentry

  9. Details- Cultural and Intellectual Expressions • Europe- Renaissance and reformation reduces the power of the Catholic church and challenges old beliefs • China ends contact with the outside world as neo-Confucianism dominates.

  10. Details- Structure and Function of State • Empire remains the predominant political structure. It is a coercive tribute system • European states such as Spain and Portugal, but also France, England and the Dutch perfect overseas empires by claiming territory in the western hemisphere (mercantilism) • Qing, Russia, Mughals, Ottomans and Safavids are powerful land-based empires.

  11. Trade- Can’t live without it! • Global trade is THE thing this time period! • Core-periphery theory: • Core states are manufacturing states. • Periphery states provide raw materials. • Semi-periphey supply both. • Three core zones: • China • India • West

  12. Changes and Continuities • Change: The Americas are added to world trade network • Change: Europe becomes a Maritime area • Continuity: Trade is really important • Continuity: Religions continue to adapt to new times, but very important • Continuity: Diffusion of ideas and diseases as people come into contact with each other.

  13. Big PERSIA chart for Unit 4 1450-1750 • For the society assigned to you, make a PERSIA chart. We’ll organize them by continent and chronologically.

  14. No warm-up • Review for 3 minutes before we start the quiz on units 3 and 4.

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